I don’t know why I didn’t go and see this in the cinema considering how much I enjoyed Vol 1. In some ways I’m glad I didn’t because I didn’t really enjoy this as much.

Vol 2. is quite different from Vol 1. There’s more dialogue and less pace. We find out more about Uma Thurman’s character and we finally get to meet Bill. But the general problem is that this is film-making by numbers. This is a self confessed homage to the great spaghetti Westerns and Hong Kong martial arts films of old but it doesn’t really add anything new. You know what’s going to happen and there aren’t really any surprises. The script is heavy handed and while the dialogue is typical of Tarantino, the writing is generally lazy. What little character development takes place is conveyed through the dialogue rather than the actions of the characters.

But all that being said, it’s not a bad film. It’s just by no means a great film nor, from my memory, a good follow up to a first part that was full of energy and pace. Watching both films back to back may make a difference to how I feel about both fims but until then I would say that this is worth watching if you enjoyed the first one and if there isn’t anything else in the video shop that catches your eye.